No one could be happier to kiss '93 goodby than Kim Basinger. Last year at this time, the actress was facing a multimillion-dollar civil suit over a role that changed her life forever. Ironically, it was a role she never performed. As the new year rolls in, Basinger finds herself focusing on her new marriage to Alec Baldwin, thinking of starting a family and rebuilding her shattered career--all in the midst of wiping out everything she owns. "I feel as though I have been through a crash course in life," Basinger says.

Charlie White and Meryl Davis, who won an Olympic gold medal in Sochi, Russia, for ice dancing, will be contestants on the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars," which starts March 17 on ABC. But they'll be competing against each other, not as partners. [Los Angeles Times] Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, 72, has shaved her head, partly as an activist move to draw attention to climate change, and partly to get rid or her signature red color and let the natural white show, "to show she's proud of her age," a spokesperson told the Telegraph.

“He crushed it.” Of all the people I spoke to about Alan Gilbert, the 45-year old conductor who's leading the New York Philharmonic on a West Coast Tour this week, that line stood out as the most emphatic endorsement. It came from actor Alec Baldwin, who as long been a fan and patron of the 170-year old orchestra. In an article for Sunday's Arts and Books section, I spoke with Gilbert and a number of members of the orchestra, but...

Alec Baldwin, celebrated actor, self-congratulatory philanthropist and incurable hothead, is moving to Los Angeles. At least he's leaning heavily in that direction, according to a protracted rant he published in last week's issue of New York Magazine. Baldwin covered a lot of territory, from family troubles to his doomed MSNBC talk show to the indignity of having to share a Broadway stage with Shia LaBeouf. Mostly, though, he circled around his disgust for the media and, by extension, his disgust for New York City.

It appears that Alec Baldwin's career as a TV talk-show host is over, at least for the time being. MSNBC and Baldwin on Tuesday released a joint statement confirming that "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" had been canceled. "We are jointly confirming that 'Up Late' will not continue on MSNBC," Baldwin's publicist, Matthew Hiltzik, said in a statement. MSNBC added, "This is a mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best. " Baldwin's show aired for just five weeks to low ratings before going on a two-week hiatus following Baldwin's notorious altercation on a New York street in which he allegedly used a gay slur to attack a photographer.

MSNBC has ended Alec Baldwin's short-lived interview program, two weeks after the actor's outburst at a photographer that included an anti-gay slur. The NBCUniversal-owned cable channel confirmed Tuesday that the network and Baldwin had mutually agreed to end "Up Late," which had also suffered low ratings since its October debut. “We are jointly confirming that 'Up Late' will not continue on MSNBC,'" Baldwin and MSNBC said in a joint statement. MSNBC added: “This is a mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best.” PHOTOS: Talk show hosts who didn't make the cut Earlier this month, the cable channel suspended the show for two weeks following Baldwin's caught-on-camera tirade in New York City.

Alec Baldwin was bounced from an American Airlines plane at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday afternoon. But he and American apparently made up because the "30 Rock" actor tweeted that he hopped a later flight. All of this according to Twitter. Here's the timeline: Michael J. Wolf (@mjw) of Activate tweeted around 1:45 p.m. PST: "On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane. We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait. " American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith says via email that the airline doesn't comment on such cases, citing its privacy policy for "customers, famous or not famous.

Alec Baldwin flashed a big smile to photogs and fans outside St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in New York on Saturday, then proceeded inside to wed his yoga-instructor sweetheart. "Hilaria Thomas and Alec Baldwin were married this evening ... ," rep and friend Matthew Hiltzik said Saturday via Twitter, "sharing the occasion with family and friends inside the Cathedral, and Alec warmly receiving congratulations from well-wishing fans on his way...

Oh, the Alec Baldwin irony: The actor walked off his paparazzi incident by having lots of photos taken. Promotional, of course, for his turn in Woody Allen's "To Rome With Love. " Baldwin had a busy Wednesday, stopping by David Letterman's chat show, then hitting a special screening of the film hosted by the Cinema Society and Disaronno. While he was joined at the after-party by costars Penelope Cruz and Greta Gerwig, Baldwin's attention was on his own leading lady, fiancee Hilaria Thomas.

Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria, are having a baby! The "30 Rock" star, 54, married his yoga-instructor sweetheart June 30 in New York and they are now expecting a new bundle of joy. The news was announced on "Extra," on which the 28-year-old serves as a special correspondent. PHOTOS: The Hollywood baby boom "We're having a baby," she said sitting next to Baldwin. "It was a surprise, a wonderful surprise. " Watch the announcement below. "There's a scream I heard, which is a scream normally reserved if there's a spider in the house, not exaggerating," Baldwin said when his wife first heard the news.

Alec Baldwin says he's leaving public life, delivering that news in a very public way with a lengthy missive in Monday's New York magazine. "I'm aware that it's ironic that I'm making this case in the media - but this is the last time I'm going to talk about my personal life in an American publication ever again," Baldwin told writer Joe Hagan in the piece, which can be read in full at New York's Vulture site. ------------ FOR...

Deport Justin Bieber? A petition asking for just that is apparently headed to the White House, having obtained the 100,000 signatures needed within a month. This puppy actually hit the mark within six days. "We the people of the United States feel that we are being wrongly represented in the world of pop culture," the petition reads. "We would like to see the dangerous, reckless, destructive and drug-abusing Justin Bieber deported and his green card revoked. He is not only threatening the safety of our people but he is also a terrible influence on our nation's youth.

Alec Baldwin has taken his lumps as a verbal loose cannon, but Americans for the Arts, a leading national advocacy group for nonprofit arts organizations, still trusts Baldwin as one of its go-to guys. It announced this week that the actor will be back at its podium for the annual Arts Advocacy Day proceedings in Washington, D.C., in late March. The keynote address each year is called the Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy; Baldwin delivered it in 2012, after being introduced by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.

This year in entertainment, Alec Baldwin took a wrecking ball to his career. So did celebrity chef Paula Deen. Both did it by opening their mouths. Baldwin had just kicked off “Up Late,” a new interview show on MSNBC, when he was caught on video shouting disparaging remarks at a paparazzo. As seems to be a habit he cannot break, the epithets included demeaning slurs against gays. MSNBC dropped him like a rancid rutabaga. Deen was accused of workplace racism. Apparently, she let slip racial terminology left over from her childhood in the deep South.

It appears that Alec Baldwin's career as a TV talk-show host is over, at least for the time being. MSNBC and Baldwin on Tuesday released a joint statement confirming that "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" had been canceled. "We are jointly confirming that 'Up Late' will not continue on MSNBC," Baldwin's publicist, Matthew Hiltzik, said in a statement. MSNBC added, "This is a mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best. " Baldwin's show aired for just five weeks to low ratings before going on a two-week hiatus following Baldwin's notorious altercation on a New York street in which he allegedly used a gay slur to attack a photographer.

Following the announcement that his MSNBC talk show "Up Late With Alec Baldwin" was canceled, the actor spoke out about the cancellation and the filmed incident that precipitated it. And one of his critics has responded. Baldwin, whose low-rated talk show ended after just five episodes, became a focal point of controversy after a videotaped altercation with a reporter on a New York street appeared to show the actor telling the reporter off using a gay slur. Though Baldwin has apologized for the comment, he has maintained that he never used a gay slur.

November 15, 2013 | By Christie D'Zurilla, This post has been updated, as detailed below.

Even with his stalker sentenced to seven months behind bars, Alec Baldwin can't shake his tail: the throngs of media and paparazzi that seem to dog his every step. And paparazzi plus Alec Baldwin means unhappy Alec Baldwin. And unhappy Alec means headlines about Alec being unhappy. Which make him more unhappy. You get the picture. In the middle of all this attention came allegations that the actor had directed another anti-gay slur at a photographer when Mr. "30 Rock" used an f-word - he said it was "fathead" - combined with a dirty word as he walked away from the pap. The Thursday incident was caught on video, of course, and Baldwin was taught a lesson shortly after about the other word he used.

MSNBC has ended Alec Baldwin's short-lived interview program, two weeks after the actor's outburst at a photographer that included an anti-gay slur. The NBCUniversal-owned cable channel confirmed Tuesday that the network and Baldwin had mutually agreed to end "Up Late," which had also suffered low ratings since its October debut. “We are jointly confirming that 'Up Late' will not continue on MSNBC,'" Baldwin and MSNBC said in a joint statement. MSNBC added: “This is a mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best.” PHOTOS: Talk show hosts who didn't make the cut Earlier this month, the cable channel suspended the show for two weeks following Baldwin's caught-on-camera tirade in New York City.

While Alec Baldwin was starring on NBC's critically acclaimed sitcom "30 Rock" and making frequent appearances on "Saturday Night Live," he made homophobic cracks on more than one occasion without any consequences from his bosses at the network. In 2011, for example, Baldwin called a Starbucks barista an "uptight queen" on Twitter. In 2012, he called the editor of the New York Daily News an "English Queen" on the social networking site. There was no discipline from NBC after either incident.